New Idea for #8 (Thank you, Kyle!)

Write a police report for any of the crimes that occurred in the book.

These links will help with the format:

"How to Write a Police Report"

http://www.ehow.com/how_4441251_write-police-report.html

"How to Write a Great Police Report"

http://www.ehow.com/how_5461354_write-great-police-report.html

"How to Write a Police Report Narrative"

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6063691_write-police-report-narrative.html

Outsiders Review

Know all these characters and their roles in the story:

• Soda
• Pony
• Darry
• Steve
• Dally
• Two-Bit
• Johnny
• Cherry
• Marica
• Jerry Wood
• David
• Bob
• Sandy
• Buck Merrill

Know the significance of these places and things.

• Dairy Queen
• Tastee Freeze
• Grocery Store
• empathy
• Gone With The Wind
• sunsets
• "Stay gold..."
• Bob's rings
• Corvairs and Corvettes
• Elvis Presley vs. The Beatles
• an unloaded gun
• hair (length, style)
• madras
• Mickey Mouse
• the blue Mustang

Think about the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." What do you think it means? Why does the author include it in the story at that particular point in the plot?

Do you think Randy is a hero or a coward for not fighting in the rumble?

In what ways does Pony change during the course of the story? How does he mature?

Be able to complete this chart.

Poem: #7 for Scrapbook

Go to this site if you need more clarification about the themes in the story:

http://www.shmoop.com/the-outsiders/themes.html

Go to this site for help with these figurative language terms:

language http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/PDFs/SCOPE-Library-LiteraryTerms.pdf:

• simile 
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole

Go to this site for help with rhyme scheme:

http://eksouth.weebly.com/rhyme-scheme.html

Newpaper Template

Go to this link for a few templates you might use for your Front Page.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/wonderful-free-templates-to-create.html

Glogster: Possible tool for an online Scrapbook?

What is Glogster?

This link has more information:  http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/#benefeatids

Click here for a Glogster Tutorial: http://www.slideshare.net/skutchmom/glogster-a-quick-tutorial


Example of  an Outsiders Glog:

http://scott7red.edu.glogster.com/the-outsiders-setting/

If you choose to do a glog, we may have to alter the assignment a bit.

Outsiders Map Examples

Here are some examples of maps for your Outsiders Scrapbook: